The 2018 Congress of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) will take place at the National School of Administration in Tunis, Tunisia, on 25-29 June 2018. The event will focus on the theme of administrative resilience and will address the question of how governance systems can address contemporary societal challenges. All interested parties are invited to submit a panel proposal for the Congress by 15 September.

UNDESA/DPADM invites experts, practitioners, scientists and researchers to contribute to the WPSR 2017 that will examine how governments, public institutions and public administration can foster integrated approaches to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Deadline for submission is 30 August 2017.

The 2017 Annual Public Sector Innovation Conference will take place on 30 and 31 August 2017 in Gauteng. Now in its 11th year, the Annual Public Sector Innovation Conference has grown into a unique event of unassailable stature as a platform for robust discussion, learning and sharing on innovation amongst public officials and other key stakeholders. The conference positions innovation as an indispensable enabler and a critical catalyst to improve government’s performance in service delivery and clean governance within the context of the 4th industrial revolution. The conference will enlist a broad spectrum of leading minds and key experts who will share their profound knowledge and expertise in contemporary trends on service delivery innovation within the context of the 4 industrial revolution.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has approved the nomination of 24 experts of the Committee of the Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) for a term of office beginning in 2018 and ending in 2021. CEPA is a subsidiary advisory body of ECOSOC. The members are nominated in their personal capacity by the Secretary-General and are appointed by ECOSOC for a period of four years. The Committee is responsible for supporting the work of ECOSOC concerning the promotion and development of public administration and governance among Member States notably in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in support of the implementation and progress reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Digital Government week will be held in Colombia, Bogota from 25 to 27 October 2017 and aims to gather international experts working on digital public innovation. As part of the week, the INDIGO Awards for Digital Public Innovation will be held to highlight global innovations in digital government implementation. The theme for the event will be ‘Digital Government for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’. For more information contact mpilonieta@mintic.gov.co.

This pilot version of the Compendium of National Institutional Arrangements for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development takes stock of the institutional arrangements being adopted by a sample of Member States as they take the initial steps in implementing the SDGs. By reflecting the different approaches taken by countries facing different contexts and circumstances, the compendium aims to facilitate exchanges on institutional practices among governments and other stakeholders, thereby helping them to identify institutional arrangements that may be conducive to supporting the realization of the SDGs. It is prepared by the Department for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (Division for Public Administration and Sustainable Development) and covers the 22 UN Member States who chose to voluntarily present their reviews of progress on the SDGs at the 2016 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF). They were: China, Colombia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Madagascar, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Togo, Turkey, Uganda and Venezuela.

Many small island developing States (SIDS) are rapidly moving ahead with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SAMOA Pathway, Climate change and other agreements.

It is a challenging process that requires adapting institutions and calls for a whole-of-society effort

It is important to sensitize all levels of the government and to mobilize and train public servants on SDGs implementation. The UN can support this by working with public administration schools.

Disaster risk management and building resilience should be at the centre of implementation efforts

Access to concessional financial resources should be improved notably after natural disasters.

Harnessing ICT and mobilizing partnerships is critical for implementing the SDGs

Statistical offices, ministries, parliaments, supreme audit institutions and civil society all have a role in reviewing progress towards the SDG.

The informal communiqué emanating from the symposium will inform the meetings of the UN oceans conference, high-level political forum on sustainable development, United Nations General Assembly, ECOSOC and UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration. Click here for more information.

Note: All UNPAN members are invited to provide input from their latest meetings.

Abstract: Concept note for Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Integrating Sustainable Development and Peace in Post-conflict Situations: the Role of Public Institutions and Public Administration held on 25 October 2017 at UNHQ.

Document Category: Citizen Engagement in Managing Development, Public Governance for Development

• The United Nations is not responsible for the content of any messages posted on these sites linked to from this page (i.e. Facebook, You Tube, Twitter, Delicious etc.). The inclusion of a message does not imply the endorsement of the message by the United Nations.